Presidents of India and their tenure

The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India. The President is also the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of India.

Jul 3, 2012, 16:19 IST

Following is the list of Presidents of India:

 

 

S.No. Name Took Office Left Office Political Party
 1 Rajendra Prasad
26 Jan 1950
13 May 1962
Indian National Congress
 2 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
13 May 1962
13 May 1967
Independent
 3 Zakir Hussain
13 May 1967
3 May 1969
Independent
  Varahagiri Venkata Giri* 3 May 1969 20 July 1969
Independent
  Muhammad Hidayatullah
20 July 1969 24 Aug 1969
Independent
 4 Varahagiri Venkata Giri
24 Aug 1969
24 Aug 1974
Independent
 5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
24 Aug 1974
11 Feb 1977
Indian National Congress
  Basappa Danappa Jatti*
11 Feb 1977
25 July 1977
Independent
 6 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
25 July 1977
25 July 1982
Janata Party
 7 Giani Jail Singh 25 July 1982
25 July 1987
Indian National Congress
 8 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 25 July 1987 25 July 1992 Indian National Congress
 9 Shankar Dayal Sharma
25 July 1992
25 July 1997
Indian National Congress
 10 Kocheril Raman Narayanan
25 July 1997
25 July 2002
Independent
 11 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
25 July 2002
25 July 2007
Independent
 12 Pratibha Patil 
25 July 2007
Incumbant
Indian National Congress

* denotes Acting Presidents

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